Cyclidia fractifasciata
Cyclidia fractifasciata is a moth in the family Drepanidae. It was described by John Henry Leech in 1898. It is found in China.[1]
| Cyclidia fractifasciata | |
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| Cyclidia fractifasciata fractifasciata | |
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| Cyclidia fractifasciata indistincta | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Drepanidae |
| Genus: | Cyclidia |
| Species: | C. fractifasciata |
| Binomial name | |
| Cyclidia fractifasciata (Leech, 1898) | |
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The species can be distinguished by the following characteristics: a black broad subbasal line is present on the forewing, the forewing medial line is broad at the anterior half and very narrow and dot like at posterior half. The outer margin of the forewing medial line forms an almost right angle below M3.[2]
Subspecies
- Cyclidia fractifasciata fractifasciata (China: Yunnan)
- Cyclidia fractifasciata indistincta Jiang, Han & Xue, 2016 (China: Gansu, Chongqing)
References
- Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Cyclidia fractifasciata". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved May 1, 2018.
- A review of Cyclidiinae from China (Lepidoptera, Drepanidae)
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